Crockett of Tennessee
A Novel Based on the Life and Times of David Crockett

In this novelization of the life of "Crockett of Tennessee" (with an emphasis on the hero's life in his home state, as opposed to the legendary "Davy" of that name), Judd uses a couple of novelization techniques to illustrate key aspects of his life--no less, the actual circumstances of his death wh......more

Quite the tale of Davy Crockett. The author does a fine job of blending fictional and real persons to explore the struggles, tragedy, and adulation of Crockett. The author fills the story with a lot of details so the reader is immersed in Crockett's hardscrabble life in rural Tennessee in the early......more

Davy Crockett life was not easy or simple. Thought this would be like an Alan W. Eckert book. It did not. Different look at Crockett and life on the frontier. We tend to forget how easy life is today as far as I go to the store, drive my car, and sit in a warm house. Survival, fits this book.......more

The book starts out slow, but hang in there. When David grows up and enters politics and military life, it gets a lot more interesting and the author picks up the pace. Most people my age know the folk song, “Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier…” and that’s the only reason I’d heard of David. I......more

This is a work of historical fiction. It is a biography of David Crockett, the frontier’s man who became a congressman, a national celebrity and a Texas hero at the Alamo. While it is fiction, the author attempts to follow and cover the major events in Crockett’s life. It is mostly based upon the au......more